Study Finds Heart Chelation Therapy Effective but Raises Questions

Study finds heart chelation therapy effective but raises questions

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The patients in the study had had heart attacks, and were assigned to receive either a placebo or a series of intravenous drug infusions called chelation therapy, an unorthodox treatment that has long been looked down upon by cardiologists. In the …
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Rogelio Flores ends era in substance abuse treatment court

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The Substance Abuse Treatment Court is an arm of the Santa Barbara County Probation Department, and offers offenders with drug, alcohol and mental-health problems a choice to get clean in an 18-month program or go to jail. “Grow where you're planted.
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Regeneron, Sanofi Take Step Forward With Cholesterol Drug

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The drug, part of a new class of medicines, would treat people who can't lower their LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol by taking widely used statin medicines, like Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) Lipitor, Merck's (NYSE:MRK) Zocor, or generic rivals …
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Hormone Therapy? It's as Safe As Cigarettes

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It was not exactly the fountain of youth it was billed as by hormone drug maker Wyeth (now Pfizer) in high-budget menopause awareness TV ads starring model Lauren Hutton. In fact, HRT was such a scourge against women, in the first year that millions …
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